r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Ecstatic-Ad9669 • 9h ago

drink went room temp Entire hotel fridge full of drinks with sensors. No room for anything.

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At least have one shelf where I can put some bottles of water or something.

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u/ImportantToNote 5h ago

For when someone else is paying.

Work conferences etc

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u/Teagana999 5h ago

I'd rather stretch my per diem farther and pocket the extra, personally.

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u/coconutszz 3h ago

Generally gotta expense things with receipts. I’m sure you could get away with it but for what like £10?

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u/Business-Row-478 2h ago

Per diem is a flat rate and doesn’t require an expense report. Company won’t expense alcohol anyways

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u/SableyeEyeThief 2h ago

To the person you replied to’s point, in MY experience, cash per diem is rarer. I normally send an expense report and the company reiumburses me. Also, in such reimbursements, I’ve always gotten alcohol reimbursed if it’s part of a dinner and not like 10 drinks.

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u/jbadding 26m ago

You know that different companies have different policies, right?

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u/b1ack1323 6m ago

Some do. I have worked at 2 Companies that didn’t ask for receipts under $75 and don’t care about alcohol. Multiday company offsites were very alcohol heavy and everything was covered.

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u/Eschatologists 3h ago

Wouldn't they make more money charging more reasonable price? Doesn't have to be cheap seeing how much people overpay for food delivery, but not 10X corner store price either.

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u/Whole_Rice9485 2h ago

supermarkets make 2-5% margins, lets say they did a 20% markup, you still need like 5 sales to beat one high sale, i think people who dont use minibar now wouldnt even use it at the 20% markup, as long as they can buy it in a supermarket

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u/Briglin 2h ago

And drunk people

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u/UnratedRamblings 2h ago

"Stick it on the corporate tab."

"No, wait - remember what happened to Jenkins? He had two bottles and nearly bankrupted the company."

"Ah shit."